About The Word Primates
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Primates
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What's The Definition Of Primates?
[n] an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings
Synonyms | Synonyms for Primates: order Primates Related Terms | Find terms related to Primates: See Also | Adapid | Adapid group | animal order | Anthropoidea | Eutheria | Lemuroidea | Omomyid | Omomyid group | primate | Prosimii | Strepsirhini | subclass Eutheria | suborder Anthropoidea | suborder Lemuroidea | suborder Prosimii | suborder Strepsirhini | suborder Tarsioidea | Tarsioidea Primates In Webster's Dictionary \Pri*ma"tes\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
The highest order of mammals. It includes man, together with
the apes and monkeys. Cf. {Pitheci}.
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